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Employment Region Copenhagen & Zealand

The Danish National Labour Market Authority

The Employment Region Copenhagen & Zealand is one of four regional employment authorities within the Danish National Labour Market Authority under the Ministry of Employment. The four employment regions cover the entire Denmark.

Geographically the Employment Region Copenhagen and Zealand covers the eastern part of Denmark covering almost half of the total population in Denmark. The Minister of Employment appoints the Director of The Employment Region. The present Director of Employment Region Copenhagen & Zealand is Mr. Jan Hendeliowitz.

To assist the Director in managing the Employment Region the Minister appoints a Regional Employment Council. The council serves as an advisor for the General Director. The members represent trade unions and employers’ organisations as well as municipalities and organisations for the disabled etc. The council consists of 43 members.

Annually, the Employment Region and the Regional Employment Council contract with the Minister of Employment. The contract includes objectives and result requirements for the employment policy in the year to come for the region Greater Copenhagen & Zealand. Eastern Denmark has 44 job centres. The local municipalities manage the job centres.

The main responsibilities of the Employment Region is:

Supporting and ensuring good performance of the job centres
Dialogue based follow up on the performance and outcomes of the jobcentres
Monitoring and analysing the development on the regional labour market.
Providing Labour Market information about the regional labour market available to the responsible in charge of the Labour Market measures, private providers, instructions, unemployment insurance etc.
The secretariat function of the Regional Employment Council
Residence permits and work permits, mass lay off’s in major companies and enterprises etc.